For this analysis, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, using a modified definition from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, defined the rural working poor as: non-institutionalized individuals age 18 years old and older who spent at least 27 weeks in … Continued
From Prosperity Now (https://prosperitynow.org/): It’s time to celebrate the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and all the good it does for hard-working U.S. families! Download our toolkit or the resources below to join the conversation! Social Media Messages Use or customize these English- and Spanish-language Tweets and Facebook posts to spread … Continued
From Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (https://clsphila.org/): State Bills Would Harm Pennsylvanians Struggling to Get By, and Cost PA Millions in Federal Dollars with No State Savings. The proposals announced by a number of legislators on January 2, 2018 as … Continued
Adam Eichen, co-author with Frances Moore Lappe of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want, will be joining MarchOnHarrisburg for a speaking tour and democracy training across Pennsylvania. The forum will include a speech from … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): Over the weekend, Oxfam released a shocking new report ‘Reward Work, Not Wealth,’ revealing that 82% of all the wealth generated in the world in the last year went to just the top 1%, while the … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org) and From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG — The Keystone Research Center and the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center today released a new report titled “The Pennsylvania Promise: Making College Affordable and … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Back in 1993 two HUGE things happened. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law and the movie Jurassic Park broke box office records. Now, 25 years later Jurassic Park will see its … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, it is important to remember that African Americans continue to face many of the same inequalities today that Dr. King gave … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/01/19/payday-lending-cycle-debt-desperation/#.WmI_oa6nEdU By David Elliot January 19, 2018 During the past year, payday lenders and those who issue car-title loans have taken more than $8 billion in fees and interest from families in the U.S. who took out loans that operate as … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-19/livable-wages-working-families/wolf-plans-to-give-more-workers-overtime-pay/a61101-1 January 19, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Assistant managers in fast food restaurants may work 60 hours, but many get no overtime pay. (Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma/US Air Force … Continued